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Development Reserve Zoning turned down

New updated content: 2026-03-14 15:44:46 Both the GA and the Poet’s Pathway delegated at the December 17 joint meeting of Planning and ARAC, bringing welcome new attention to this key greenspace. Our focus will now extend beyond the two parcels currently under threat to mount a campaign to preserve and protect the entirety of the linked greenspaces that form the inner greenbelt that is the Poets’ Pathway. To raise awareness

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Application re-submitted

New updated content: 2026-03-14 15:44:46 A planning application has been received by the City concerning a major development proposed in the Ottawa River floodplain near Petrie Island. This is not the first submission for this development. The GA has previously opposed the application when it was originally made in 2020 and again in 2022. At first reading, nothing has really changed and there is no reason to change our position

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Appartments proposed on ceremonial route greenspace

New updated content: 2026-03-14 15:44:46 The GA has been made aware of NCC plans for residential development along Sussex Drive on what are now fairly treed open spaces. We have not taken any position on this issue, but residents and others have mounted a campaign against development. It was agreed to look more deeply into this issue. Action:   J.P Unger will take the lead further researching these plans, liaising with

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Loss of greenspace to new development

New updated content: 2025-12-08 09:29:26 The Wall Road area was added to urban land in the last round of the Official Plan. The Greater Avalon Community Association is asking other groups and individuals to send comments to the City to have a chance at mitigating the impact of the proposed development; as it stands, it would entail the destruction of wetlands, forest and farmland. JP circulated the message from the

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Criteria for land selection for clean energy projects

New updated content: 2025-12-08 09:29:26 The Chair introduced the topic of the development of criteria for the location of clean energy infrastructure in the rural area, mirroring the process that was adopted for the acquisition of rural land for conservation purposes. Members suggested that the scope be broadened to include the urban area as well. They agreed that this is perhaps a gap that the GA could fill with the

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Adverse effect of new Zoning Bylaw on Poets’ Pathway

New updated content: 2025-12-08 09:29:26 The major threat at this point is the potential rezoning under the new Zoning Bylaw to Development Reserve of lands through which the Poets’ Pathway goes. This is being countered through our advocacy on the new Bylaw, in collaboration with the Poets’ Pathway Committee and the Community Associations directly affected. Contacts have been established with the local councillors, federal and provincial elected officials and a

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Protecting greenspace used by the Poets Pathway

New updated content: 2025-10-06 11:40:27 There are lands used by the Poet’s Pathway that are under threat of development. This is particularly true for the Southern Corridor, which in the Woodroffe-Merivale segment could be opened to residential development by a new Secondary Plan, while the McCarthy meadow section is slated for reclassification to Development Reserve in Draft 3 of the new Zoning Bylaw. The loss of greenspace in these segments

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CEF Advisory Committee meeting

New updated content: 2025-08-13 11:50:47 After a long hiatus, CFAC was reconvened on June 19, 2025. The GA chair attended and heard from the other participants about plans and activities to bolster the image of the Central Experimental Farm and the perception of its value in the general population. The GA considers the Farm as a very valuable major urban greenspace and is dedicated to its preservation. Of direct interest

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Proposal to consider ring road turned down

New updated content: 2025-08-13 11:50:46 At the Public Works and Infrastructure committee meeting at which the final TMP was being considered, the Chair walked on a motion calling on all levels of government to support the planned transportation projects, including a ring road. This was the first mention of a ring road in the five years of development, consultation and finalization of the TMP. This of course took all the

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NCC Public Advisory Group on Eastern Bridge project

New updated content: 2025-08-13 11:50:46 The NCC has established an Environmental Public Advisory Group for the proposed Eastern Bridge across the Ottawa River. The GA was invited to sit on the advisory panel. The chair of the GA attended the first meeting of the group on July 10, where an informative and question and answer period filled the 90 minutes allocated. The next meeting is planned for September.

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